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and while this is a bad poll for mitt romney, there is one silver lining. republican voters continue to express more interest and intensity than democratic voters. 80% of republicans call themselves a nine or ten when describing their interest level in this election on a scale of one to ten. it is a nine-point advantage over democrats collectively. it is a change from four years ago and it could be a factor on election day if republicans are more motivated to vote. it can make up one, two, maybe even three points in what you see in some of these polls. >>> this republican enthusiasm advantage though is critical and romney can't afford for his campaign missteps to dampen that fer vvor that is in his base. it explains how aggressive he was yesterday, not just in owning his closed door comments but in pushing back on the president. cameras were allowed into romney's fund-raisers for the first time yesterday and last night in texas he pushed the line the campaign promises we'll hear from him again today on the trail and which the campaign is pushing out in a me
and while this is a bad poll for mitt romney, there is one silver lining. republican voters continue to express more interest and intensity than democratic voters. 80% of republicans call themselves a nine or ten when describing their interest level in this election on a scale of one to ten. it is a nine-point advantage over democrats collectively. it is a change from four years ago and it could be a factor on election day if republicans are more motivated to vote. it can make up one, two,...
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mitt romney polling at 47%. enough of the real news, let's watch stewart and colbert break down the iowa caucuses. colbert warns romney he made a big mistake by leaving newt gingrich alive in the race. >> newt has the knives out for mitt romney. listen to these not so veiled threats he issued last night. >> we will not go out and run nasty ads, but i do reserve the right to tell the truth. if the truth seems negative that may be more a comment on his record than it is on politics. >> oh, you have made a fatal mistake. you may have wounded newt. but you left him alive. and alone with his first love -- hate. newt's wound will now fester, oosing a pustulant rage which will render down to liquid vengeance and pour into the hollow-nosed bullet and fire into the romney dreams and dance on the grave. but not in a negative way. personally, i cannot wait for this weekend's debates in new hampshire, because when mitt romney least expect it, gingrich will turn to him and say -- >> hello, my name is newt gingrich. prepare t
mitt romney polling at 47%. enough of the real news, let's watch stewart and colbert break down the iowa caucuses. colbert warns romney he made a big mistake by leaving newt gingrich alive in the race. >> newt has the knives out for mitt romney. listen to these not so veiled threats he issued last night. >> we will not go out and run nasty ads, but i do reserve the right to tell the truth. if the truth seems negative that may be more a comment on his record than it is on politics....
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. >> if romney goes on to be the nominee, there's a poll that shows out to be trouble. president obama loses in a match up. are you worried about that? are you concerned that the economy doesn't recover significantly? that it could turn out well for mitt romney? >> polls are not what we are focused on 11 months out from the election. if you look where we were when president obama took office and the economy was bleeding 750 jobs a month, now we have had job growth in the sector. unemployment is beginning to come down. we created 200,000 jobs in one month. rescued the auto industry. we have made slow progress. we are going to pick up the recovery. if it was left to the republicans, particularly mitt romney, they would extend the bush tax breaks for the wealthy and not the tax cut to make sure we give middle class americans a tax break, too. that's the contrast. that's what we are going to focus on throughout the next election. as a result, i think americans will choose to send president obama back to the white house. they want someone there who has conviction. mitt romne
. >> if romney goes on to be the nominee, there's a poll that shows out to be trouble. president obama loses in a match up. are you worried about that? are you concerned that the economy doesn't recover significantly? that it could turn out well for mitt romney? >> polls are not what we are focused on 11 months out from the election. if you look where we were when president obama took office and the economy was bleeding 750 jobs a month, now we have had job growth in the sector....
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a new poll has them up 6 points over the gop ticket. then, there's governor romney. let's just say, well, he had a difficult weekend. the last time he stumbled this badly was during his disstas rouse overseas trip. remember that? it was so awful the media coined a phrase called romney shambles. well, after yesterday, i think we need to bring that phrase back. mr. romney has run a campaign in which he's offered no specifics, in which he's played fast and loose with the truth and, worst of all, he thought he could get away with it. but this weekend, that strategy was blown out of the water. for months he said he'd repeal the health care law. but now he's trying to hedge his bets. >> on health care, you say that you would rescind the president's health care plan on day one. does that mean that you're prepared to say to americans young adults and those with pre-existing conditions that they would no longer be guaranteed health care? >> well, of course not. i say we're going to replace obama care. i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. of course, there are a nu
a new poll has them up 6 points over the gop ticket. then, there's governor romney. let's just say, well, he had a difficult weekend. the last time he stumbled this badly was during his disstas rouse overseas trip. remember that? it was so awful the media coined a phrase called romney shambles. well, after yesterday, i think we need to bring that phrase back. mr. romney has run a campaign in which he's offered no specifics, in which he's played fast and loose with the truth and, worst of all,...
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in this poll, also mitt romney is doing better among republicans than he ever has before. he's at 38% in the poll. he's even wrapping up some tea party supporters. some folk who is are saying that maybe didn't like him before now saying they find him to be an acceptable candidate. >> they fight him acceptable because he is going further to their side as opposed to them coming over to what traditional has been where he stood on certain issues. >> i think that's going to be the key for him that he will want to try to pivot hard in a general election and talk about the economy. he's not going to be a social issue talker. they like to think of him as a mr. fix it. he's going to talk about his experience as an executive. that's the message they are hoping can fuel him to do a little better against president obama this fall. even democrats aren't going to say this thing is walk in the park. it's going to be a contested election. they feel like mitt romney is the republican's best general election candidate and the obama campaign as evidenced by that has been targeting him from t
in this poll, also mitt romney is doing better among republicans than he ever has before. he's at 38% in the poll. he's even wrapping up some tea party supporters. some folk who is are saying that maybe didn't like him before now saying they find him to be an acceptable candidate. >> they fight him acceptable because he is going further to their side as opposed to them coming over to what traditional has been where he stood on certain issues. >> i think that's going to be the key...
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santorum second choice if you reallocate it, romney's lead gross in our poll, 49-33. we can all speculate, my assumption on this is there are voters for santorum uncomfortable with the person stuff with newt gingrich. >> santorum is a serious guy whether you agree with him or not, he has policies. he's not had an erratic past. a solid conservative. a respectable figure. he's a plausible candidate. i think those voters who would go to romney are saying newt is not electable. he has too much baggage. he's too nutty and too out there. i rather take my chances for the romney camp with gingrich. >> not just it is sort of this layer of work. >> here is the thing. if you're a santorum person, you're going to romney because you're not going to gingrich as a protest vote. that's gingrich's rationale. if they're saying i am not for santorum, i want to beat obama. >> stick around. i want to talk about a cold month that could be february for newt gingrich. what percentage of florida's population is 65 an older? answer, 17.3%. i am going to be looking for the exact figure. i know
santorum second choice if you reallocate it, romney's lead gross in our poll, 49-33. we can all speculate, my assumption on this is there are voters for santorum uncomfortable with the person stuff with newt gingrich. >> santorum is a serious guy whether you agree with him or not, he has policies. he's not had an erratic past. a solid conservative. a respectable figure. he's a plausible candidate. i think those voters who would go to romney are saying newt is not electable. he has too...
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you will see romney's numbers. we saw this in our exit poll. romney overperformed in our entrance polls, excuse me, in clark county. and, got some where close to -- even 60% of the vote. our estimation. in clark county. that's where he is going to get his win. get over the 50% mark. maybe do better than he did four years ago. as for paul, remember he did finish second four years ago. his numbers substantially higher. it is a close race between paul and gingrich. paul, very organized in the rural counties. where he has been looking good in early returns we have seen coming in. most coming in from rural counties. the question, what about clark county? does gingrich overperform there a little bit? according to our numbers. he has so we will see. again the big dump of vote from the nevada republican party that we are waiting now that the special caucus that was created for gingrich backer sheldon addleson is opened and closed at 7:00 p.m. >> score the results here. if it turns out that -- newt gingrich does come in second here. or come in third. if
you will see romney's numbers. we saw this in our exit poll. romney overperformed in our entrance polls, excuse me, in clark county. and, got some where close to -- even 60% of the vote. our estimation. in clark county. that's where he is going to get his win. get over the 50% mark. maybe do better than he did four years ago. as for paul, remember he did finish second four years ago. his numbers substantially higher. it is a close race between paul and gingrich. paul, very organized in the...
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we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about ohio, as ohio has become even more important? >> well, ohio's very important, wisconsin. we're seeing in pennsylvania, there was one poll that just came out that showed that romney was ahead by a few points. so, again, there's all these different battleground states in play at this point. >> so they may have shifted scenarios here at this point, saying, things are looking closer in ohio, let's rejigger. >> you have to civil right for every vote, and part of it is allocating these resources. when you have to invest resources in different areas, at this point in north carolina,
we've also seen widening polls in north carolina, where romney's ahead. with that being said, the victory centers remain open, and the ground game is very strong at this point. we're seeing very strong early voting as well in north carolina. and so i really do think that governor romney and his staff is going to beat president in north carolina as well, but as in every campaign, you're allocating resources to different states and it changes week by week. >> but might it be more about...
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a new poll shows romney at 48% and president obama at 47% while a u.s. today gallop poll of 12 key swing states has president obama at 47 and romney at 45%. an amendment that would ban same sex marriage in the state would be on the ballot tomorrow. president obama quietly registered his opposition to the amendment two months ago in a written statement put out by his north carolina campaign spokesmen. but what joe biden said on meet the press yesterday put marriage equality in the center of the campaign today. >> is that what you believe? >> that's what i believe. >> are you comfortable with same sex marriage now? >> look, i am vice president of the united states of america. the president sets the policy. i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying men, they are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights and liberties. i don't see much of a distinction beyond that. >> in a second term, would this administration come up behind same sex marriage? >> i can't speak to that. i don't know the answer to that. but
a new poll shows romney at 48% and president obama at 47% while a u.s. today gallop poll of 12 key swing states has president obama at 47 and romney at 45%. an amendment that would ban same sex marriage in the state would be on the ballot tomorrow. president obama quietly registered his opposition to the amendment two months ago in a written statement put out by his north carolina campaign spokesmen. but what joe biden said on meet the press yesterday put marriage equality in the center of the...
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so mitt romney is saying that 76% of americans are guilty of the sin of envying mitt romney. a new poll out just yesterday found two-thirds of the country see a strong or very strong conflict between rich and poor. we know this about mitt romney. he is very simple minded and he is a liar. he will say anything to get elected. that's why he said liberal things to try to get elected in massachusetts. the man will say anything. so it's hard to tell what he might actually think or if he actually thinks. if mitt romney does think that 76% of americans envy him, his wealth, that we are all sitting here envying him, all of that money, then he needs to listen to someone who actually knows something about our economy. al alan krueger is the chairman of the and knows about questioning income distribution in any country is called economics, not envy. >> the trends that have taken place in the u.s. over the past three decades are particularly of concern to economists and others. we've seen a steady decline, erosion in the size of middle class. that's not good for the economy. that's not g
so mitt romney is saying that 76% of americans are guilty of the sin of envying mitt romney. a new poll out just yesterday found two-thirds of the country see a strong or very strong conflict between rich and poor. we know this about mitt romney. he is very simple minded and he is a liar. he will say anything to get elected. that's why he said liberal things to try to get elected in massachusetts. the man will say anything. so it's hard to tell what he might actually think or if he actually...
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the nbc news poll shows president obama holding a narrow lead over mitt romney. obama polls at 47%. four points ahead of romney's 4 #%. joining us now is karen finney. former dnc communications director and current political analyst. jonathan capehart. "washington post" writer. thank you to all of you for joining me tonight. karen, we have democrats who say they're uncomfortable criticizing mitt romney's record at bain. but has the president and now the vice president articulated an attack that all democrats can agree on? basically, mitt romney is applying for the wrong job. >> absolutely. as usual the president articulated the message better than anybody else. joe biden the time followed the president quite well in making the point that this has nothing to do with is bain a good company or not. is this kind of business a good thing or not? no. the question is the 15 years that he ran this company, what was the total picture of the record. not just here's where we did okay. let's see what really happened in the life cycle of that company, and that's part of what the groups are tryin
the nbc news poll shows president obama holding a narrow lead over mitt romney. obama polls at 47%. four points ahead of romney's 4 #%. joining us now is karen finney. former dnc communications director and current political analyst. jonathan capehart. "washington post" writer. thank you to all of you for joining me tonight. karen, we have democrats who say they're uncomfortable criticizing mitt romney's record at bain. but has the president and now the vice president articulated an...
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foster poll has romney up 48-44. . with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> i think that the -- he's a practical conservative. he's -- got a very conservative voting record. but he's not a knuckle dragger. he understood the t.a.r.p. while none of us wanted to do it. if we were going to save our economy, save the world economy, it would happen. i wish we didn't have to do it either but he understood that. >> that's john boehner's assessment of congressman paul ryan. he said we didn't say it. he said he's not a knuckle dragger. pointing out not one of the knuckle draggers, he implies some members are, in fact, knuckle draggers. given the stance
foster poll has romney up 48-44. . with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> i think that the -- he's a...
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in virginia where a new poll shows president obama with a five-point lead over romney. it's obama at 50. now to wisconsin, paul ryan's new home state. it's very close. romney 48% and obama 47%. also from wisconsin the new marquette university law school poll is close, but obama is in the lead, 49% to 46%. finally to michigan they have romney up 48% to 44%. we'll be right back. >>> he's a practical conservative. he's got a very conservative voting record, but he's not a knuckle dragger. he understood that t.a.r.p., while none of us wanted to do it, if we were going to save our economy and save the world economy, it had to happen. he understood that. >> welcome back. that's house speaker john boehner's assessment of paul ryan. he said he's not a knuckle dragger. by pointing out he's not one of the knuckle draggers in his congress, he implies some are knuckle draggers. giving the anti-science stance some republican party members have taken, we can't disagree. above and beyond todd aakin saying women can't be impregnant natured by rape, there's more. exhibit a, global warmi
in virginia where a new poll shows president obama with a five-point lead over romney. it's obama at 50. now to wisconsin, paul ryan's new home state. it's very close. romney 48% and obama 47%. also from wisconsin the new marquette university law school poll is close, but obama is in the lead, 49% to 46%. finally to michigan they have romney up 48% to 44%. we'll be right back. >>> he's a practical conservative. he's got a very conservative voting record, but he's not a knuckle dragger....
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in the latest reuters poll, obama is beating romney by 48% to 43%. mitt romney has taken to equating what president obama did with general motors to what bain was doing routinely with other companies. how would you explain that? >> well, the president took action on general motors and chrysler for one specific reason, to save 1.4 million jobs and to save an american iconic manufacturing sector that this country's relied on for centuries. you know, the president provided a loan to gm and then had them go through a structured bailout and now gm is making significant profits. just last year, 100,000 jobs were created in the auto industry. now, let's compare that to bain. you know, mitt romney went into companies, put them through bankruptcy for a specific purpose. it wasn't to create jobs. it was to make himself and his partners a big profit. there's a big difference there. and let's also not forget that mitt romney was against the bailout of the auto industry which means they would have gone under. the jobs would have gone overseas. >> it's really left
in the latest reuters poll, obama is beating romney by 48% to 43%. mitt romney has taken to equating what president obama did with general motors to what bain was doing routinely with other companies. how would you explain that? >> well, the president took action on general motors and chrysler for one specific reason, to save 1.4 million jobs and to save an american iconic manufacturing sector that this country's relied on for centuries. you know, the president provided a loan to gm and...
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the president is also leading romney on six of eight issues polled. taxes, health care, medicare, social security, the war on terror and afghanistan. on the other two issues polled, jobs and the economy, and immigration, president obama and mitt romney poll in a statistical tie. joining me now is can democratic strategist and msnbc contributor, krystal ball, and "washington post" opinion writer and msnbc political analyst, e.j. dionne. krystal, you remember oldsmobile, right? >> the thing with romney. >> it's like his -- it's like it's his father talking about the automobile industry that he used to work in. >> you just want to shake your head. and he has this habit of he always has to take it that one step too far. that one step that goes even beyond where a normal pandering, spinning politician would go. and you can see that with the oldsmobile thing. you can even see it if you go back to that op-ed, let detroit go bankrupt. if he had just been a little more measured, then he wouldn't have this coming back to bite him now. and of course having to no
the president is also leading romney on six of eight issues polled. taxes, health care, medicare, social security, the war on terror and afghanistan. on the other two issues polled, jobs and the economy, and immigration, president obama and mitt romney poll in a statistical tie. joining me now is can democratic strategist and msnbc contributor, krystal ball, and "washington post" opinion writer and msnbc political analyst, e.j. dionne. krystal, you remember oldsmobile, right? >>...
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>> you had the list of 24 polls and none had romney ahead. some were done that had romney up a couple points there, but no public pollster has had him with a lead all year. it's not just that obama is up there, but it's a state where it's been stable and consistent in the polling. i think it might be more in play because i don't think they are conceding ohio. they need a better plan b. >> is there a famous circumstance in which all the polls all yearlong point in one direction and a partisan poll correctly predicted the results? >> that poll is almost always going to be wrong. especially when there's a consensus of 20 polls. maybe in a house race where the public polls aren't as good. but the public polling is pretty good. we know what the party bases are and where they live. this is a state that teases republicans where they can get up to 49% pretty easily, but it's hard to get to 50%. unless because of the hurricane and where the power outages might be, that could affect things. but apart from that, it's a sign of a campaign that doesn't li
>> you had the list of 24 polls and none had romney ahead. some were done that had romney up a couple points there, but no public pollster has had him with a lead all year. it's not just that obama is up there, but it's a state where it's been stable and consistent in the polling. i think it might be more in play because i don't think they are conceding ohio. they need a better plan b. >> is there a famous circumstance in which all the polls all yearlong point in one direction and a...
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even though romney pulled ahead in the latest florida polling, he has a real problem. to stop newt begin rich right there. >> we were not talking about slamming the door shut to nomination battle. but if gingrich wins not only does the romney team go into panic mode, but then you go dorm ant for a while where gingrich has time to make money for the campaign, raise money, and then really regroup as he faces the contest ahead. that is why florida is so important. >> when you look deeper into our ""wall street journal" poll gingrich is winning with all the base groups that he needs between party. that is what he built, based on that very strong performance in south carolina. >> yet, here is florida, which is such an interesting state historically as we think of the 2000 election, it a diverse state. even in the republican primary, the abilil t the ability, he can make the case that he is a stronger candidate because you are right, if there's a tea party candidate and conservative alternative, it's newt gingrich that is emerging to be that person, santorum will join me on
even though romney pulled ahead in the latest florida polling, he has a real problem. to stop newt begin rich right there. >> we were not talking about slamming the door shut to nomination battle. but if gingrich wins not only does the romney team go into panic mode, but then you go dorm ant for a while where gingrich has time to make money for the campaign, raise money, and then really regroup as he faces the contest ahead. that is why florida is so important. >> when you look...
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a poll taken more recently giving romney a narrower lead down to 30%. so he's within striking distance. and so is santorum at 19%. again rick perry at 5% could jump into this race. we have a rick perry supporter and tea party caucus and mark halperin senior preliminary analyst. gentlemen, thank you. congressm congressman, your district, does that include charleston? >> no, sir, i have the northern tier of the state. p. >> what towns? >> rock hill would be the biggest. sumpter, than calancaster count. the north central tier of the state. >> and that's why you're coming from charleston. i should have remembered that. i don't want to get into relynn yus much, but let's try to be positive. does his protestantism make him more connecteded to the voters or are we past that? >> i'll be more direct because what you're asking is romney's more mannism an issue and it's absolutely not. i hear this a lot in washington, i hear it nationally. you very rarely hear that discussion in south carolina itself. and i use myself as an example. i'm the first roman catholic me
a poll taken more recently giving romney a narrower lead down to 30%. so he's within striking distance. and so is santorum at 19%. again rick perry at 5% could jump into this race. we have a rick perry supporter and tea party caucus and mark halperin senior preliminary analyst. gentlemen, thank you. congressm congressman, your district, does that include charleston? >> no, sir, i have the northern tier of the state. p. >> what towns? >> rock hill would be the biggest. sumpter,...
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today and gallup poll. romney ends up losing some key groups. if you look at this last, you know, a couple of weeks ago, romney was at 32%. this is non-college educated republicans. 32%. and now he is at 23. santorum picks up non-college educated republicans 15 to 37. similarly, conservative republicans, you see, romney, a couple of weeks ago at 33%, now he is down to 24. santorum was at 20%. now he is 42. two key blocks. right, mitt? >> absolutely. >> that's what his message is specifically tail ordered to social conservatism and blue clar ethic. talking about non-college individuals, tend to be in the manufacturing industry. rick is hitting those really well. >> there is a very interesting number that i don't have a screen for but i just want to get your thoughts on it donnie. by far, more republicans who are polled believe that romney is more electable than santorum by a significant margin. all americans believe romney is more electable by 54 to 29%. republicans by 58 to 32%, and yet, they are willing to plunk for the guy who may not be as el
today and gallup poll. romney ends up losing some key groups. if you look at this last, you know, a couple of weeks ago, romney was at 32%. this is non-college educated republicans. 32%. and now he is at 23. santorum picks up non-college educated republicans 15 to 37. similarly, conservative republicans, you see, romney, a couple of weeks ago at 33%, now he is down to 24. santorum was at 20%. now he is 42. two key blocks. right, mitt? >> absolutely. >> that's what his message is...
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let me ask you about the latest polls because the pew poll now shows mitt romney ahead for the first time. these things could bounce around a little bit but certainly shows he has gained some advantage after that debate. >> well, i thought there was an interesting column by a fellow named nate silver 538 in "the new york times" plot s out how the elections have gone in the past. almost always when an incumbent president in the debate and a challenger does well which almost always happens the challenger goes up for a while in the polls but then goes back down. he think it would have much effect on the election and i tend to agree with him. >> that is if the candidate, if the president of the united states, comes back with a different game plan. what do you think he needs to do in the next debate he didn't do in the first debate? >> well, the bottom line is, i think that he is a fighter. i think he will come to the conclusion that he let romney get away with a little too much trying to be very presidential, and i don't think you'll see the same thing in the next debate. >> let's talk a
let me ask you about the latest polls because the pew poll now shows mitt romney ahead for the first time. these things could bounce around a little bit but certainly shows he has gained some advantage after that debate. >> well, i thought there was an interesting column by a fellow named nate silver 538 in "the new york times" plot s out how the elections have gone in the past. almost always when an incumbent president in the debate and a challenger does well which almost...
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and the exit polling, bill, reviewed sort of the secret of success for mitt romney. the voters decided much earlier than other primary states and the two debates here mattered according to the exit polling. four out of 10 voters, bill decided before the start of the month. so, in other words, 40% of the voters were making up their minds well before south carolina. in other words, based upon the results in iowa and new hampshire when mitt romney was doing well. only 25% of the voters here in florida decided just in the last few days and to put that in context, in south carolina where newt gingrich won, 55% decided in the last few days. now, as far as the debate again, 2 out of the 3 voters here in florida, republican voters said the debates were important and that was very significant to the romnie campaign because as you know the romney campaign was convinced he turned in a strong debate performance in both debates here in florida and newt gang rich was something off of his game. the other issue which is so important, bill, for the romney campaign as they try to now
and the exit polling, bill, reviewed sort of the secret of success for mitt romney. the voters decided much earlier than other primary states and the two debates here mattered according to the exit polling. four out of 10 voters, bill decided before the start of the month. so, in other words, 40% of the voters were making up their minds well before south carolina. in other words, based upon the results in iowa and new hampshire when mitt romney was doing well. only 25% of the voters here in...
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we're seeing in a series of polls that are out, including this news nbc/maris poll is that mitt romney is dropping, newt gingrich is gaining, there are ten percentage points left before the vote this weekend and the momentum is clearly in newt gingrich's favor. let's going tos in nbc's embed carrie -- >> reporter: i am told the 11:00 a.m. conference will be for him dropping out of the race. it was -- as we were asking them tomorrow, what campaign aide told me rick perry would rather lose than quit. he wanted a chance to make go to another debate and see how that performance went. yesterday he -- an endorser, general livingston, the head of his veterans coalition here in so south carolina. this is very personal for perry. endorsers were starting to decline to show up for his events. they have been close to him. livingston announced yesterday he would be endorsing. that hit him personally and may have been the last straw. also recent polling has shown he was really not getting traction. voters said i like him, but i have no sense he could possibly win the nomination or beat barack obama.
we're seeing in a series of polls that are out, including this news nbc/maris poll is that mitt romney is dropping, newt gingrich is gaining, there are ten percentage points left before the vote this weekend and the momentum is clearly in newt gingrich's favor. let's going tos in nbc's embed carrie -- >> reporter: i am told the 11:00 a.m. conference will be for him dropping out of the race. it was -- as we were asking them tomorrow, what campaign aide told me rick perry would rather lose...
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no, it looks like the way the poll numbers play out, romney could have a victory in florida. that means, what, 10% of the delegates could have been counted? i think you will look at a longer race. i think that, you know, the -- we'll see the two wins and the majority. in south carolina, newt won practically every group there, except for those with higher incomes, and high degrees, and we'll break it down and see what it means. but it's probably about 10% of the delegates i would think. >> let's talk about some of the dynamics. you have the establishment of the republican party saying newt gingrich cannot be the nominee. we were talking before we came on about former senator bob dole, and we will put a portion of his statement on the screen. i have been critical of newt gingrich, and it will have an average impact on candidates. hardly anybody that served with newt gingrich in congress endorsed him, and that speaks for itself. and senator thompson, you know gingrich well and served with him, and this is the view, if he is the nominee, it helps president obama. >> i served with
no, it looks like the way the poll numbers play out, romney could have a victory in florida. that means, what, 10% of the delegates could have been counted? i think you will look at a longer race. i think that, you know, the -- we'll see the two wins and the majority. in south carolina, newt won practically every group there, except for those with higher incomes, and high degrees, and we'll break it down and see what it means. but it's probably about 10% of the delegates i would think. >>...
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a new poll shows that voters don't think that mitt romney is honest or trustworthy or likeable or admirable. i could go on and on. i think i will. >> morning, y'all. good to be with you. >> how excited are they about willard mitt romney? >> so far they're not. >> we know that romney has his own problems. >> mitt. >> chiefly likability. >> they're just not that into you. >> romney's favorable rating is 35%. his unfavorable rating is 47%. >> for all intents and purposes, everyone sees mitt romney as the nominee. >> for all intents and purposes. >> are you ready to endorse him? >> why hasn't rick santorum endorsed mitt romney yet? >> i'm not making official endorsements. >> i can't find anybody that's excited about romney. >> could it be he's out of touch? >> are you too rich to relate? >> corporations are people, my friend. >> he's a 1% if there ever was one. >> right now people would vote for romney if they think he's competent. >> mittsewing up the rock 'n' roll vote. >> mitt romney becomes president in november, i will either be dead or in jail. >> he's got kid rock, ted nuj e nugent, all
a new poll shows that voters don't think that mitt romney is honest or trustworthy or likeable or admirable. i could go on and on. i think i will. >> morning, y'all. good to be with you. >> how excited are they about willard mitt romney? >> so far they're not. >> we know that romney has his own problems. >> mitt. >> chiefly likability. >> they're just not that into you. >> romney's favorable rating is 35%. his unfavorable rating is 47%. >>...
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so the polling is overrated. romney's got a cap here and ron paul has a cap. now romney has a cap you want to have. i think he's going to have about 45 or 56. but he's going to win and winning new hampshire is a big deal. all i really care about now is a second place race. that's basically, will somebody other than ron paul win? >> it seemed that santorum, who went to some of the events before high school. boy, you could see the working class catholic guy starting to work and maybe he can coalesce some conservatives. i feel like if you watch the events, he's still getting more enthusiastic crowds. >> i think his crowds or enthusiastic. people are interested. people are going to see these candidates even if they're not going to support them, because they like to listen to them, they like to see them. so the enthusiasm is there. i think you have santorum and gingrich in some ways pulling votes from one another. >> there's a little bit of vying, do you think it gets to 30, 35 combined? >> no, not 35. you might have one 15, 16, you might have one 10, 12. >> but th
so the polling is overrated. romney's got a cap here and ron paul has a cap. now romney has a cap you want to have. i think he's going to have about 45 or 56. but he's going to win and winning new hampshire is a big deal. all i really care about now is a second place race. that's basically, will somebody other than ron paul win? >> it seemed that santorum, who went to some of the events before high school. boy, you could see the working class catholic guy starting to work and maybe he can...
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polls show the president deadlocked with mitt romney for the hawkeye state's six electoral votes. we should note the president won iowa four years ago. joined by sue dvorski, chair of the iowa democratic party. good morning to you. 142,500 voters. that's what real clear politics estimates the number of voters who will probably decide the election in that state. how do you win those independent voters? >> good morning, craig. thanks for having us on. you know, the way we are going to win those persuadable voters is with the message. i think that the president is here in cedar rapids to a sellout crowd, very excited to see him, to talk about his vision for the middle class, for growing an economy from the middle out, not from the top down, and that's a message that's going to resonate with iowa voters. >> unemployment rate in your state far below the national average. national average about 8.2%. in iowa, just over 5%. why is isn't the president doing better there in most polls? >> well, i think that we have been -- we have been bombarded because of our first in the nation status wh
polls show the president deadlocked with mitt romney for the hawkeye state's six electoral votes. we should note the president won iowa four years ago. joined by sue dvorski, chair of the iowa democratic party. good morning to you. 142,500 voters. that's what real clear politics estimates the number of voters who will probably decide the election in that state. how do you win those independent voters? >> good morning, craig. thanks for having us on. you know, the way we are going to win...
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in virginia where a new poll shows president obama with a five-point lead over romney. it's bahaobama at 50. now to wisconsin, paul ryan's new home state. it's very close. romney 48% and obama 47%. also from wisconsin the new marquette university law school poll is close, but obama is in the lead, 49% to 46%. finally to michigan they have romney up 48% to 44%. we'll be right back. you expect something $40in return. billionaire oil tycoons charles and david koch and their special- interest friends are spending $400 million to buy this year's elections and advance their agenda. what's their payback? politicians who will pass laws that benefit special interests, but hurt the middle class; more tax cuts for the rich, eliminate the minimum wage, big cuts to our schools, but big subsidies for oil companies, learn what you can do at... >>> he's a practical conservative. he's got a very conservative voting record, but he's not a knuckle dragger. he understood that t.a.r.p., while none of us wanted to do it, if we were going to save our economy and save the world economy, it had
in virginia where a new poll shows president obama with a five-point lead over romney. it's bahaobama at 50. now to wisconsin, paul ryan's new home state. it's very close. romney 48% and obama 47%. also from wisconsin the new marquette university law school poll is close, but obama is in the lead, 49% to 46%. finally to michigan they have romney up 48% to 44%. we'll be right back. you expect something $40in return. billionaire oil tycoons charles and david koch and their special- interest...